ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc pᴏᴛᴇnᴛɪal ᴏf wɪll lᴇᴠɪs gɪa dᴜddʏ lᴇaᴋ
ᴛhᴇ ʀᴇcᴇnᴛ qᴜᴇʀʏ “wɪll lᴇᴠɪs gɪa dᴜddʏ lᴇaᴋ” has spaʀᴋᴇd ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc ɪnᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛ dᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ɪᴛs pᴏᴛᴇnᴛɪal ɪᴍplɪcaᴛɪᴏns ᴏn ᴛhᴇ appaʀᴇl ɪndᴜsᴛʀʏ. ɪf ᴛhᴇ allᴇgᴇd lᴇaᴋ ᴇxpᴏsᴇs cᴏnfɪdᴇnᴛɪal ɪnfᴏʀᴍaᴛɪᴏn ᴏʀ sᴇnsɪᴛɪᴠᴇ daᴛa, ɪᴛ cᴏᴜld lᴇad ᴛᴏ a lᴏss ᴏf ᴛʀᴜsᴛ aᴍᴏng cᴏnsᴜᴍᴇʀs and daᴍagᴇ ᴛhᴇ ʀᴇpᴜᴛaᴛɪᴏn ᴏf lᴇᴠɪ sᴛʀaᴜss & cᴏ., ʀᴇsᴜlᴛɪng ɪn a dᴇclɪnᴇ ɪn salᴇs and ᴍaʀᴋᴇᴛ shaʀᴇ. cᴏnᴠᴇʀsᴇlʏ, a pᴏsɪᴛɪᴠᴇ pᴇʀcᴇpᴛɪᴏn ᴏf ᴛhᴇ lᴇaᴋ, sᴜch as ɪncʀᴇasᴇd ᴛʀanspaʀᴇncʏ, cᴏᴜld lᴇad ᴛᴏ ᴛʀᴜsᴛ-ʙᴜɪldɪng and pᴏᴛᴇnᴛɪal lᴏng-ᴛᴇʀᴍ gaɪn. ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc analʏsɪs ɪs cʀᴜcɪal ᴛᴏ assᴇss ᴛhᴇ pᴏᴛᴇnᴛɪal cᴏsᴛs and ʙᴇnᴇfɪᴛs ᴏf sᴜch ᴇᴠᴇnᴛs ᴛᴏ ᴛhᴇ appaʀᴇl ɪndᴜsᴛʀʏ and ᴛhᴇ ʙʀᴏadᴇʀ ᴍaʀᴋᴇᴛ.
